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Provides a mechanism for managing persistent configuration data.

The configuration manager and the associated set of interfaces and classes
provides the following services:

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    <li>Loads configuration data from an XML-based configuration file.
    <li>Manages the component life-cycle for Configurable objects
    <li>Allows discovery of components via name or type.
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    For an overview of how to use this configuration management system to create
    and configure components please see: <b><a
        href="doc-files/ConfigurationManagement.html"> Sphinx-4 Configuration
    Management </a> </b>

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    For a description of how to create your own configurable components see: <b>
    {@link edu.cmu.sphinx.util.props.Configurable}</b>

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